#8A962A#8A962A

#8A962A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.130 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A962A
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 72%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -18.60, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 55.61, 109.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0561 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.13 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8061, 27.3835, 6.3269)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A962A #362A96

analogous

#966C2A #8A962A #54962A

triadic

#8A962A #2A8A96 #962A8A

tetradic

#8A962A #2A966C #362A96 #962A54

square

#8A962A #2A966C #362A96 #962A54

split-complementary

#8A962A #2A5496 #6C2A96

monochromatic

#32360F #5E661D #8A962A #B6C637 #C8D466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#8A962A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#8A962A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A962A

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A962A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A962A	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a962a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.130 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb46b',
    500: '#8a962a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a962a;
$custom-light: #afb46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a962a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.643,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A962A

secondary

#6B61BA

accent

#48E059

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A962A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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